Loss Mutts Tanking July
Posted by Steve L. on July 26th, 2010 · Comments (4)
To date, the Mets are 6-15 in the month of July. And, coming into this month, they were 1 1/2 games out of first place – and, now, 21 games later, they’re sitting 7 1/2 games back of first.
Is the New York media going too easy on the Mets during this dive? I mean, imagine if this were the Yankees – and what the reaction to this would be?
I don’t think anyone (their fans included) expected the Mets to be that close to 1st at all this season, and they took it as more of a pleasant surprise.
On the talk radio programs I listen to when I’m driving, the hosts and callers have been all over the Mets. I don’t hear anyone going easy on Minaya et al; instead, people seem resigned to the fact that it is a poorly run organization from top to bottom. Naturally, expectations for the Yankees are much higher, and if they played as poorly as the Mets have there would be a greater outcry. But there always is when the natural order of the universe is upended. Even Mets fans understand where they fit in the grand scheme of things.
Scout wrote:
I love this.
As long as people think Manuel is some kind of “aw shucks,” folksy kinda guy, he’s going to get a pass from the media. Had he been showing some sort of agitation, I’m fairly confident the outcome would be different.